Poultry-roost.



H. C.,HART. POULTRY BOOST. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8, 19I5.

I 1,165,252, I Patented Dec; 21, 1915.

' HUBEBT C. HART, OF UNIONVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

POULTRY-BOOST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application February 18, 1915. Serial N 0. 9,034.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HUBERT C. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Unionville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry- Roosts, of which the following is a specificashown in detail one of the several convenient forms of embodiment of the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same will be set forth fully in the follow-- ing description. I do not restrictmyself to th1s showing; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the'invention defined by the claims following said description. 1

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a poultry-roost involving my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the. same, with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail of a scraping-member.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, which it will be noted are on different scales.

It is the custom to provide sheds or other suitable buildings in which are mounted roosting members, such for instance as rods, on which the poultry roost. Their drop pings are deposited on the floors of the sheds and at more or less regular intervals are collected in barrels or other suitable receptacles. This entails some labor and time. By virtue of. my invention I overcome these 'obstacles.

My apparatus comprises a roosting member of suitable kind, such for instance as a rod, and a movable member for catching the droppings of the poultry occupying said roosting member. The movable member in question maybe of any desirable nature, a belt, such as one of endless type, satisfactorily answering in this respect.

With the foregoing general observations I Will now refer more in detail to the structure shown.

The framework for supporting the different parts of the device may be of any suitable kind, that shown comprising the substantially duplicate frame members or uprights 2 and 3 of approximately inverted frusto-V form. There is provided a roosting member and the rod 4 meets the desired conditions; said rod also serves to tie together the two frame members 2 and 3, the ends thereof being rigidly connected in. some suitable manner with the upper horizontal or transverse portions of said frame members practically centrally of the length thereof.

In conjunction with the roosting member of whatever nature the same may be, there is a movable bottom or dropping-receiving member and the endless belt or band 5 is quite satisfactory in this respect. Said belt is received upon the two drums 6 and 7 fastened suitably to shafts as 8 sustained for rotation by bearings as 9 rigidly carried by the outer sides of the two frame members at proper points in the height thereof. The upper run (shown as horizontally disposed) of said belt presents the dropping-receiving portion thereof, being located in parallelism with and below the rod 4 which as illustrated is situated practically centrally of the transverse extent of said belt so as to insure the droppings falling onto the belt regardless of the way in which the poultry on the rod 4 face. It will be obvious that by causing the droppings to fall upon the belt or its equivalent, that the former do not pass onto the floor or its equivalent, of the shed, by reason of which said floor can be kept ina clean condition.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

I prefer to provide a positive connection 1 between the two drums or rolls 6 and '7; that is I do not rely upon the friction between the two drums and the belt for transferring motion from one drum to the other. This means may vary radically as to kind, although sprocket gearing as will hereinafter appear performs the function properly.

By shifting the belt different portions thereof are brought under the roosting member 4. As willhereinafter appear I provide in connection with the belt 5 or analogous part,

a suitable scraper for positively removlng the droppings from that part of the belt which has been in use for a certain time, for instance overnight, the belt when thus operated bringing under the roosting mem ber a clean area. I

I er or rod 4.

As shownthe shafts-8 have fastened thereto sprocket wheels 9 connected by the sprocketchain 10, one of said shafts such as that shown in the foreground in Fig; 1 and at the right in Fig. 2, having a suitable operating member as the removable hand crank 10. It will be'obvious that on the proper manipulation of said hand crank,

the upperrun ofthe belt can be moved in the direction of the arrow to present a fresh portion of, the belt The scraper 'may be of any suitable nature, the plate -11 answering satisfactorily, in this regard. Said plate as represented is notched as at 12 to receive the drum 6. be-

ing fastened in some suitable mannerv to the frame member 2, the lower wall of the notch or opening 12 acting as the operative part of the scraper and acting against the outer surface of the belt 5 while said belt is on I said drum 6, by reason of which the scraper can secure a proper and substantial hearing I against the belt. After the poultry have roosted thetwo runsof the belt Willbe'leversedand as said belt is operated the scraper llrwill positively remove all adhering matter from the belt, the particles thus taken off the belt falling into a suitable receptacle, such as the box 13 the scraper 11.

under the roosting mem placed under What I claim is: i 1.- The combination of frame members of approximately inverted frusto-V-form, a rod connecting the;.transverse portions of the frame members to tie said frame members together, said rod con:

stituting a poultry roosting member, rollers I I supported for rotation by the framemembers, and a belt around the rollers below the rod, the belt extending through the frame members. v

2. The combination 'of two separated- .two separated frame members of an approximatelyin I verted frusto-V form, a rod connecting the transverse portions of. the frame members to tie said frame members together, said 'rod constituting a poultry roosting member, rollers having shafts supported forrotation by the sides-of the frame members, a

belt around the rollers, below the rod,- the belt extending-through the frame members,

sprocket wheels rigid with the respective shafts, and a sprocket chain connected with r k v v 

